Raman spectroscopy as a non-invasive technique for the quantification of melanins in feathers and hairs

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 917-923

  Galván, Ismael ^a,e   Jorge, Alberto ^b   Ito, Kazuma ^c   Tabuchi, Keisuke ^c   Solano, Francisco ^d   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Confocal Raman microscopy; Eumelanin; Melanin analysis; Pheomelanin; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 3 HYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; PHEOMELANIN; PYRROLE 2,3,5 TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PARTRIDGE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE LEVEL; WILD BOAR;

ALECTORIS RUFA; SUS SCROFA;

CONFOCAL RAMAN MICROSCOPY; EUMELANIN; MELANIN ANALYSIS; PHEOMELANIN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MELANINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84886247710     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12140     Document Type: Article

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